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Leeds students targeted in 'disgusting rubbish' campaignhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/28/leeds-students-rubbish-bins-facebook-campaign
Trainee journalists' newspaper warns of blight as Facebook page features photographs of mounds of garbage<p>Large, single-word headlines are usually the work of tabloid newspapers but this one – DISGUSTING in capital letters – takes up much of the front page of the current<a href="http://www.northleedsnews.co.uk"> North Leeds News</a>.</p><p>The weekly paper is full of interesting and detailed material about the area, ferreted out by trainee journalists on the <a href="http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/study/Postgraduate/courses/Pages/MAPostgraduateDiplomainPrintJournalism.aspx">postgraduate diploma course</a> in print journalism at <a href="http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk">Leeds Trinity university college</a>.</p><p>Streets branded 'third world slum'<br>Gruesome discoveries in litter<br>Council campaign falls on deaf ears.</p><p>There's a problem with student responsibility – or lack of it. It's not too much trouble to find out which rubbish is recyclable. It's not as if the council doesn't put out information. A five-year-old could learn the difference. It's not rocket science.</p><p>Most young people hate cleaning with a passion. So in my view, the general awareness built around this campaign isn't going to make much of a long term impact to their habits. If the city council really understood what motivates young people, they would have understood that prizes aren't the way to help foster a long term change to recycling and waste bin management.</p><p>I know many of my friends and family aren't active recyclers, because they just don't believe there are any advantages to recycling. We should be telling young people about all the amazing products being created with recycled materials. For instance, the Renault Clio&nbsp;(a popular student car) is made of 10% recycled plastics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/28/leeds-students-rubbish-bins-facebook-campaign">Continue reading...</a>LeedsStudentsSocietyWasteRecyclingUniversity of LeedsLeeds Beckett UniversityHousingLeeds Trinity UniversityMon, 28 May 2012 06:03:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/may/28/leeds-students-rubbish-bins-facebook-campaignPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThis was Headingley in the bin collectors's strike three years ago. Pictures on the Sort It Bin It Win It Facebook page are no different. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThis was Headingley in the bin collectors's strike three years ago. Pictures on the Sort It Bin It Win It Facebook page are no different. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesMartin Wainwright2012-05-28T06:03:00Z